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12th grade writing-expository lessons
The Ultimate Literary Analysis Essay Guide: 20 Mini-lessons for Success
In this bundle, I have compiled 20 mini-lessons that take students through the entire writing process, step-by-step, from reading samples, to brainstorming, to drafting, to editing and revising, and to reflecting. This book bundle of lesson reflects lessons that I've developed throughout my teaching career. I have worked hard to construct a bundle that is practical and easy to follow for both teachers and students. In fact, these lessons are built so that they are reproducible for teachers.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writer's Workshop Prompts, Mentor Texts, Writing Activities, Exercises, Stations
Writing workshop IS for secondary students. If you want to use a writer's workshop approach to teaching writing, this bundle is for you! It includes multiple resources to help keep your students focused and learning as they build their writing skills. Be sure to check out the preview to see the pile of resources that are included!This writing workshop bundle includes:Quick writing prompts for risk-free writingWriting prompts that include revision exercisesMultiple short mentor texts to provide e
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7th - 12th
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Things Fall Apart Complete Unit | Lesson Plans | Chinua Achebe | Nigeria
Looking for a comprehensive unit for Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart? This thorough resource includes everything a teacher would need. Included are three differentiated types of reading assessments. For weaker readers or students who need a high level of accountability, there is a half-page quiz for each of the 25 chapters. For the average student who can manage several chapters at a time, there are four longer quizzes on chapter sets 1-6, 7-13, 14-19, and 20-25. For students who may be
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9th - 12th
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Thesis Statement Writing for Essays - Lesson Presentation, Handout, & Checklist
Thesis Statement Writing for Essays - Lesson Presentation, Handout, & Checklist: Help your students craft the perfect thesis statement for their essay with this ready-to-use lesson. A thesis statement is the main point or argument that will serve as the guide map for your essay. Because the rest of the essay will support your thesis statement, the thesis statement is perhaps the single most important element of any essay. The included presentation, informative handout, and a practical checkl
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7th - 12th
Writing Commentary for the Literary Analysis Essay: Strategies for Success
In this 38-page bundle, I have provided students with two methods for crafting commentary that will help them not only write analysis but also take it to a deeper level: the "This Shows That Method" and the "LET" Method.Writing commentary is without a doubt the most difficult aspect of the literary analysis essay. It is the ONE part for which there is no formula because it's the part of the essay that contains the writer's original thoughts, or commentary/ analysis, on the evidence of the essa
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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High School Essay Writing Unit Bundle With Argumentative, Expository, & 5 More!
If you teach High School English, this Essay Writing Bundle is for you! With Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive, Literary Analysis, Comparison & Contrast, & Reflective Writing Unit Plans, this is the only resource you need! Daily lesson plans and student materials guide students in the writing process for all SEVEN writing genres. All units use the Writer's Workshop method as students are guided through each step in the writing process. Students gain confidence as writers w
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9th - 12th
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Thesis Statement Activities - Thesis Statement Worksheets, Templates, Examples
Save with the bundled discount! These thesis statement activities will help your students master thesis statements. This bundle includes an introductory mini lesson, handouts, practice worksheets, thesis statement templates, graphic organizers, and examples written by real students! Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®.⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎ Save over 10% with the bundled discount! ⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎Included with these Thesis Statement Activities:✏️ Thesis Statement Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® a
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7th - 12th
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Person of the Year: Writing a Journalistic Profile Project Using Mentor Texts
If you’re interested in having students doing some more personal writing, but not always the same personal narrative or memoir, profiling a person that they care about or admire is a great way to switch the task up and give them another angle. This writing assignment can be categorized as narrative, but also as expository, informational, or argument. And, best of all, the assignment incorporates student choice while still giving you structure and space for writing instruction.Students will hav
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9th - 12th
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Frankenstein Unit - Comprehensive Guide with Interactive Digital Resources
Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is a classic novel, where themes written almost 200 years ago are still pertinent today. This unit is a blend of rigor for students who require a challenge and will also allow less advanced students the opportunity to extend their knowledge and skills of characterization, symbolism, allusion, and theme development in literature. This unit was created using the 1831 edition of the novel.In addition, this unit has been created with the teacher in mind. The material
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10th - 12th
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![Preview of [UPDATED] MLA 8th Format, In-Text Citation, and Works Cited Worksheets + Test](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/Embedding-Quotations-Teach-Students-to-Quote-It-Right-Common-Core-Aligned--2415587-1657564194/750f-2415587-1.jpg)
[UPDATED] MLA 8th Format, In-Text Citation, and Works Cited Worksheets + Test
UPDATED MARCH 21, 2019MLA 8th EditionAdded Page Guidelines WorksheetAdded Works Cited Worksheet Added a Scripted Teacher Guide to make teaching the concepts easyIt is essential that students learn how to embed and cite quotations correctly in order to write cohesive paragraphs and essays. A lot of students struggle with correctly embedding their research into their sentences and often rely on using one method, resulting in dull writing. This resource was created to allow students to practice the
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7th - 12th
Essay Writing Unit Bundle: Expository, Narrative, Persuasive & Literary Analysis
If you teach High School Writing, this comprehensive bundle is for you! Designed for High School English courses, this bundle contains FOUR unit plans including a 2-Week Expository Essay Unit, a 2-Week Narrative Writing Unit, a 2.5-Week Persuasive Writing Unit, and a 1-Week Literary Analysis Essay Unit that can be used for any text! All units use the Reader's Writer's Workshop method as students are guided through each step in the writing process and gain confidence as writers while developing t
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9th - 12th
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The Literary Analysis Thesis Statement: SIX Mini-lessons for Essay Success
This lesson contains a step-by-step guide for how to write a thesis statement for the literary analysis essay. It is a part of our Mega Lit. Analysis Essay Bundle, sold separately. Bundle and SAVE! CLICK HERE!The most important part of the writing process is crafting the thesis statement because it is the "road map" or "blueprint" for the entire essay. Because this one, single sentence is so important, I have crafted six mini-lessons to insure that your students will have focused, argumentati
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
AP English Literature Poetry Bellringers for a Full Year | Daily Questions
This resource contains 36 PDF files, each of which walks students through poetry analysis of each poem in five focused steps. Each page asks 2-3 questions focused on one AP Lit Essential Skill® (Characterization, Setting, Structure, Narrator, and Figurative Language). The questions comprise five slides, designed for each day of the week. The lesson ends with a writing or discussion prompt, modeled after the prompts from the AP® English Lit exam. This resource can be used both in the classroom or
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: AP English Literature Full Course Year Long Bundle | 3500+ Pages!
Caption It! Caption Writing Creative and Expository Writing Activity
"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features over 25 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creative writing exercise and an expository (journalism) writing exercise.Caption writing is a shorter writing exercise that still practices proper conventions of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in standard English. Start with these shorter exercises before moving to larger writing pieces such as formal essays. In addition, fosterin
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Journalism Interviewing Techniques and Tools, Yearbook, Complete Teaching Pack
Interviewing is one of the most difficult aspects of the process for student journalists. Your yearbook or newspaper students, however, can be successful and can generate amazing content for your publications if they know how to draw out those stories. This no prep lecture along with tools for students be successful out in the field is just what you need for teaching and practicing interviewing skills. Student Experience: Students will take notes about the proper techniques for interviewing f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
Comment Cards for Academic Essay Writing to Help Students Give Quality Feedback
As English teachers, we ask our students to edit and revise their peers' essays. However, students do not always know how to give constructive feedback. It's important that students are able to give constructive feedback about targeted writing skills while also maintaining the dignity of the writer. This product contains a handout with five tips for writing effective comments during peer revision and coaches students on how to go about giving thoughtful, quality feedback on academic essays in
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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![Preview of [UPDATED 2019] MLA 8 Format Cheat Sheet](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/Embedding-Quotes-MLA-Cheat-Sheet-All-Rules-in-ONE-Place--2415790-1657564195/750f-2415790-1.jpg)
[UPDATED 2019] MLA 8 Format Cheat Sheet
UPDATED FEBRUARY 1, 2019MLA 8th EditionImportant details about MLA citations and works cited Page guidelines Works Cited Description:Teach your students how to embed and cite text into their expository, persuasive, and argumentative essays correctly. Use this helpful cheat sheets as a reference for different ways of embedding quotes into sentences and cited sources. This Product Includes:Cheat Sheets -MLA 8th Edition Somethings that are covered: What is MLA Citation Page guidelines Types of i
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
AP English Language & Composition Basics Curriculum - Units and Lesson Plans
Looking for a leg up on AP™ Lang? This bundle offers the eight basic instructional resources needed to build an AP™ English Language & Composition (AP™ Language or AP™ Lang) course. Lesson plans are detailed and specific and ready to teach. All eight are included in Angie's large AP English Language & Composition Curriculum BUNDLE, but you just may not need all 50 of those resources. ContentsFour full units, one two-week project, and a curricular alignment document are included in this b
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10th - 12th
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The Hunger Games Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.
This 11 page movie guide with activity handouts is for the film "The Hunger Games (2012)" ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★Great introduction to use with a dystopian unit. This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.PART 1 – This is comprised of 2 sets of comprehension questions depending on how much of a challenge you want to give the students.• 50 questions in chronological order. Answer key included• 30 questions (20 removed from the 50 questions) in chronological
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: 2 Pack Bundle - The Hunger Games Movie Guide Questions + Activities
Autobiography Project - The Story of Me
This is a year-long autobiography writing project where students tell the story of their life. Included are: parent letter, student introduction sheet, list of requirements, project checklist, and twelve chapters, each with guiding questions to help students complete this project.
Chapter titles include: A Little Bit About Me, Before I Was Born, You Make an Entrance...and You're Here to Stay!, The Early Years, Childhood Memories, School Days, School Days, Special Times in Your Life, Your F
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Journalism Activities & Lessons Bundle: Beginning & Advanced Students
This bundle for Middle School and High School aspiring journalists contains 15 journalism activities that are sold separately in my Journalism Custom Category. I have digitally enhanced each product in this bundle so you can use it in a regular classroom situation or for remote/virtual learning. Teachers, you may purchase them all for a discounted price here, instead of purchasing the separate pieces.Included areJournalism Syllabus - Beginning and Advanced ClassesJournalism Whole Course Year Ove
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9th - 12th
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Expository Writing Activity: Fact vs. Opinion
Expository Writing Activity: Fact vs. Opinion
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Do your students struggle to identify and correctly write unbiased expository pieces? This activity will help them identify various forms of bias in writing and how to change them to unbiased or factual statements.
I have used this in both English and journalism courses with success.
This IS included in my Journalism Writing & Planning Bundle.
The download has a
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Compare and Contrast Essay Writing
Make compare and contrast tasks easy and practical for your students with this comprehensive writing packet. Step by step practices to make this genre of writing simple and accessible. PPT lecture coincides with student notes to provide direct instruction and guided practice. Students will benefit from scaffolded exercises designed to generate classroom discussion, graphic organizers to outline brainstorming, thesis templates designed for a variety of purposes, essay planning graphic organize
Grades:
5th - 12th
APA Format Bundle
This APA bundle contains everything you need to guide your students through learning about APA format, in-text citations and reference list entries. All products now contain APA 7th and 6th edition versions.
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9th - 12th
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